brevity

brevity

noun

Definition of BREVITY

1

the condition of being short <the best quality a graduation speech can have is brevity>

Synonyms briefness, conciseness, shortness

Related Words abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), compression, condensation, contraction, curtailment; decreasing, diminishing, lessening, reducing, shortening, shrinking; abruptness, brusqueness, curtness; compendiousness, crispness, laconism, pithiness, succinctness, tautness, terseness; littleness, minuteness, smallness, tininess

Near Antonyms extensiveness; elongating, elongation, extending, extension, prolongation, prolonging, protraction, stretching; expansion, growth, spread; diffuseness, garrulousness, long-windedness, prolixity, talkativeness, talkiness, verboseness, volubility, wordiness; bigness, bulkiness, greatness, heftiness, largeness

Antonyms lengthiness

2

the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning <if brevity is the soul of wit, then that speech wasn't at all witty>

Synonyms brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, sententiousness, terseness

Related Words abruptness, bluntness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness

Near Antonyms periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, tautology

Antonyms diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness